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Written by TABASSUM BARNAGARWALA | Mumbai |
Updated: July 20, 2018 2:59:12 am
The baby was vaccinated on the third day after birth. (representation photo)
A private nursing home reportedly left a needle in the thigh of a newborn during vaccination, resulting in swelling and persistent fever for 19 days, until that time. that the broken needle be spotted in an x-ray. The boy 's parents, aged one month and 19 days and admitted to Bai Jerbai Wadia Children' s Hospital, plan to bring an action against the Neel clinic, where the child is born on June 1st.
The baby was vaccinated on the third day after birth at Neel Clinic. Sudhakar Pashte, the father, said that days after the vaccinations, his son began to suffer from high fever and swelling of the right thigh. "Until then, we did not know that something had gone wrong with the vaccination.
A resident of Raigad who works as a contractor, Pashte (32 years old) took his son to a private pediatrician, who told him diagnosed osteomyelitis, bone – right hip joint. "He asked us to admit him to Wadia Hospital," he said. Following this, a month ago, his wife Aastha came to live with her parents in Chembur to care for the baby.
As Wadia Hospital Doctors began to treat the baby. Osteomyelitis, they stumbled on the broken needle in his left hip, through an x-ray.In the beginning, it was thought that it was an error, after several x-rays and a scanner, the doctors confirmed that there was a foreign object in the body
"When we asked the parents, they said that the baby had r eçu, "said Dr. Pradnya Bendre, pediatric surgeon at Wadia Hospital.
On July 1, a two-hour surgery was performed to remove the needle. "It was difficult to find the exact location, so several X-rays were conducted to find his position.It took two hours to remove the needle under the C-arm guidance locations. 2 cm needle was found in the capsule of the left hip joint, "said Bendre.
The doctors said that the boy was lucky that the needle did not harm any vital organs. The baby remains hospitalized with a slight infection. "For a month, we are worried about his life.He is our firstborn … We plan to act against the clinic for negligence," Aastha said.
When contacted, Dr. PB Neel, who is attending vaccination procedures at the Neel Clinic, says that he does not know of any cases. "This has never happened before.We always check every patient during vaccination.The needle and the injection are also tested before being administered," he said. , adding that the father of the child had not complained to them.
"When you are a health care provider, Dr. Bhupendra Awasthi, neonatologist of Surya Hospital and Child Hospital, said that it is very rare that a needle breaks from the syringe while a vaccine is being administered. "It is possible that the needle was not properly attached to the syringe."
Dr. Paras Kothari, Surgeon Pediatric at Sion Hospital, said the poor quality of the needle can lead to increased risk of rupture. "It is possible that if the baby moves during vaccination, the needle may become dislodge and migrate to the inside of the body if it is not monitored. Only trained nurses can vaccinate children, "he added.
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